Every Monday we review the nastiest pitches from the previous weekends's games in glorious HD GIFs. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite pitch and check back this weekend to see if it will be in contention for the GIF of the First Half. Did we miss your favorite pitch? Send us a tweet next time @ThePitcherList and we'll GIF it up + give you a shoutout here in the article.
Congrats to Adam Ottavino's Slider for winning Nastiest Pitching GIF of the Week! A ridiculous slider from a pitcher I'm sure we'll be featuring plenty over the course of the season.
Jameson Taillon's Curveball - If you've been keeping tabs on the Pitcher List you've seen Taillon gradually move into the elite level in the early going. Here he uses his best pitch, the Curveball, to get Michael Pineda to flinch before the ball falls in for a called strike. (Thanks to @pgpgh5 for the tip!).
100+ MPH fastball with an 88 MPH changeup is simply unfair